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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: factsheets

Factsheets giving details of the different measures contained in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

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These documents explain the details of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

Published 9 March 2021
Last updated 20 August 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added new sections for 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6 in the Protest powers: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 factsheet about measures relating to existing restrictions in controlled areas and where the current controlled areas are.

  2. Added a new factsheet on 'Repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824' and updated the factsheets on 'Extraction of information', 'Management of terrorist offenders', 'Noise provisions', 'Police powers', 'Road traffic measures', 'Sex offender management', and 'Unauthorised encampments' following Royal Assent of the 2022 Act.

  3. Replaced 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021: protest powers factsheet' with 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2022: protest powers factsheet'.

  4. Updated documents published: 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: overarching factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021: audio and video live links factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: youth community sentences factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: youth custodial remand factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: parole and licence conditions factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: rehabilitation factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: sentence lengths for serious offenders factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: release of serious offenders factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: protection of the police factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: serious violence duty factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: pre-charge bail factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: homicide reviews factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: Serious Violence Reduction Orders factsheet'. New documents published: 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: Imprisonment for Public Protection factsheet', 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: voyeurism: breast-feeding factsheet'. Document removed: 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021: repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 factsheet'

  5. Updated the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021: protest powers factsheet with additional information on common misconceptions of the measures.

  6. Updated the overarching factsheet.

  7. Added "repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 factsheet".

  8. Added noise-related provisions factsheet.

  9. Added "Making misogyny a hate crime factsheet".

  10. Updated the audio and video live links factsheet and the youth community sentences factsheet.

  11. Updated the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021: rehabilitation factsheet with formatting correction.

  12. Updated Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021: protest powers factsheet with additional information on common misconceptions of the measures.

  13. Overarching factsheet published along with additional factsheets beginning with 'protection of the police'.

  14. First published.